Got an email from a friend who's spent a few weeks in the USA and it included a few photos of Asbury Park et al. So, as a quid pro quo here a six covers of the Boss, all of which do something special with well known songs, sometimes radically. Townes van Zandt turned Racing in the Street into a classic American folk song; Johnny Cash did something similar. Elvis Costello turned Brilliant Disguise into a country song. Bettye LaVette made Streets of Philadelphia a soul ballad. The Swedes Junip take The Ghost of Tom Joad to Europe, where Bat for Lashes takes I'm on Fire where only Natasha Khan knows...
Of cousre, another great re-interpreter of the Boss is the man himself; I feel another post coming on...
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